Summary of Tandy 4000 "edutech2"

This is a high-level summary of general characteristics of the machine. For details (which are of course subject to change) the machine itself, and the manuals concerning it, must be consulted.

Owner, if known:

No longer known

CPU:

16MHz i80386

Operating system:

MS-DOS 5.0(formerly MS-DOS3.3 (Tandy 03.30.00));
Phoenix BIOS 01.03.01

Bus architecture:

ISA bus

Physical memory:

640K conventional + 1024K extended

"High" ("adapter", trans-640K) memory usage:

page frame buffer at E000
PCNFS.SYS

Memory management:

512K expanded memory (by software)

Local storage:

71.3 MB (external Tandy hard disc)
C:

Important local Software or Data:

• PC-Tex, with EGA-compatible DVI file viewer and fonts.
• local copy of Turbo Pascal (BEWARE POSSIBLE OBSOLESCENCE)
• Turbo Pascal 5.5 (first object-oriented version)
• copy of FIPSE dialogue "Graphs", partly converted to Turbo Pascal
• automatic Pascal to C converter, untested; may not be suitable for Turbo Pascal; was obtained against possibility that C might be forced on us.
• source copy of prototype of Understanding Spoken Japanese modules.
• Kanji support package, including editor and terminal emulator with own kanji font files; supports JIS (Japanese Industrial Code), EUC (Extended UNIX Code) and Shift-JIS representations.

Graphics adapter:

EGA:
maximum resolution: 640x350x16 colors

Network:

PCNFS;
Western Digital WD8003E ethernet adapter.
Obtain the IP (Internet Protocol) address by running " ypmatch edutech1 hosts", under DOS or UNIX.
Obtain the ethernet address by running "myeaddr wd8003e".

Remote drives (by network):

G: (read-only)
H: (read-write)